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Anyone else notice something peculiar about today's bill signing? Typically, a bill signing takes place in the East Room, or in the Rose Garden if the weather is nice. The president is flanked by the bill's co-sponsors who get to share in the glory and bask in the reporters' flash bulbs and television cameras. Not this time. There was no Congressional procession to the White House. No press conference on the driveway. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, and Steny Hoyer did not get to stand beaming with pride as Obama signed into law billions upon billions of dollars of...

My friends and I here in safely-Republican Arizona are wondering how we might best help out the party in neighboring "purple" states on Election Day. We've taken the Monday through Wednesday off work, and want to make a road trip to either Nevada or Colorado to help with the "ground game" of getting our voters to the polls. Do we contact the campaign, or the state Republican parties, or what? Is it better to go to Democratic strongholds like Denver or Las Vegas, or to concentrate on the rural areas? We can provide our own vehicles and pay for our...

Tickets for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s visit to Golden on Monday are free and available for pickup at the McCain-Palin headquarters in Centennial, according to a campaign press release. The outdoor “Country First Pancake Breakfast” featuring the candidate is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Doors are scheduled to open at 7 p.m. Tickets may be picked up until 7 tonight, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the headquarters office at 6334 S. Racine Circle, Suite 200, in Centennial. For more information on Palin’s visit,...

I was just exposed to the ugly internal politics of my local GOP fiefdom (party). I attempted to volunteer to work on election day as a judge/poll worker etc for the party and was treated very badly.

September 5, 2008 ~ ISSUE 3View archives of the Newswire @http://palinpingers.libertyrocks.us/archive/Today at FReeRepublic.com:McCain/Palin Rally Report - Sterling Heights, MI - netmilsmom - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2075716/posts UPCOMING CAMPAIGN EVENTS:September 6, 2008 - WHAT: Road to Victory Rally: Join Senator John McCain, Cindy McCain and the Vice Presidential Nominee for a Road to Victory Rally WHEN: September 6, 2008 - Doors Open at 9:00 a.m.WHERE: Colorado Jet Center, 1575 Aviation Way, Colorado Springs, CO 80916For More Information and a map - CLICK HERESeptember 6, 2008 - WHAT: Road to Victory Rally: Join Senator McCain, Cindy McCain, and the Vice Presidential Nominee, Sarah Palin.WHEN:...

September 4, 2008 - ISSUE 2(View archives of the Newswire @ http://palinpingers.libertyrocks.us/archive/) TODAY AT FreeRepublic.com: GOP Convention LIVE THREAD - DAY 4 - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074584/posts UPCOMING EVENTS: September 5, 2008 - What: McCain Street U.S.A. in Cedarburg, Wisconsin When: 9/5/08 @ 8:00 a.m. Where: The corner of Washington Ave. & Columbia Rd. in Cedarburg, WI For more information - CLICK HERE September 5, 2008 - What: Road to Victory Rally When: 9/5/08 @ 5:00 p.m. Where: Freedom Hill Ampitheatre, 1400 Metro Parkway, Sterling Heights, MI For more information & a Map - CLICK HERE September 6, 2008 - What: Road to...

If you missed Hillary's speech tonight, let me summarize it for you: Obama is the Democrat nominee so I will support him, since he is the Democrat and I am a Democrat. She also talked about her campaign and how her candidacy inspired women and little girls. She looked great and her video was great. She just didn't make the case for Obama. She didn't talk about how he is qualified to lead. She said his name plenty of times, but she really didn't talk about him. Tomorrow night Bill Clinton will speak. We all know what he will talk...

UPDATE: Please go to Alegre’s Corner for this video of another Hillary Clinton Delegate that will not vote for Obama. I cannot embed the video on WordPress or it would be here also! 08-23-08 I guess the dam is starting to break? Wow, just wow. In this article from the Rocky Mountain News, ANOTHER Clinton supporter has not jumped from one candidate to the other, but to the other side of the river completely. Hele On!!! Silverio “Silver” Salazar has been an active Democrat for decades, just like his cousins, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar and U.S. Rep. John Salazar. But...

The Politico brings the results from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll about Barack Obama, John McCain and the U.S. Elections of 2008: July's NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll found that three in four Americans believe McCain can "handle" the role of commander in chief, while only 19 percent said he "cannot," compared to a 50 percent to 42 percent split for Obama. When asked which party is more capable of "dealing with the war on terrorism," 40 percent of respondents to the latest NBC/WSJ poll said Republican while 29 percent said Democrat. The parties had been effectively tied as...

DENVER (CBS4) ― Hotels and restaurants in downtown Denver are planning to wine and dine guests in town for the Democratic National Convention with some politically inspired food and drink. Elway's at the Ritz Carlton, that hotel's bar and the Corner Office Restaurant at the Curtis Hotel are among the eateries and watering holes with some creative offerings. The bar at the Ritz Carlton has two special cocktails for DNC guests. The patriotic drink is red, white and blue and called "changing tide." The bar is also offering the Obama Granite Martini. "Guest walks up to the bar, they're going...

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, a co-chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, announced the themes of the convention today on a conference call with members of the media. Sebelius said the overall theme of the Democratic National Convention is "America's Town Hall" and each night, a different keynote speaker would lead the discussion with delegates, elected officials and people from across America who never have had a chance to participate in a convention before. "This will be an incredibly exciting and innovative convention," Gov. Sebelius said. "One like we've never seen before." Each night of the convention will carry a...

Congressman Tancredo (R-Colorado) joined Congressman Ortiz in Brownsville on Tuesday for a joint committee meeting regarding the proposed fence building to attempt to curb illegal immigration (amongst other things) in the area. Not surprisingly, Tancredo was met with a rather cold reception with his known favoritism towards building the fence. “It really isn’t a border to most of us who live down here” said Betty Perez local activist. No need to guess which side she’s advocating. Now, on the not so stereo-typical side, you’ve got me to give you some insight into uber minority: the endangered Republican Female Mexican American...

As we reported on the blog yesterday, a group calling itself American Right to Life Action, is running TV ads against Mitt Romney here in Iowa on the Fox News Channel. In Tuftonboro, N.H., Romney said about the ad, from ABC News' Matt Stuart, "I don't know who that is. I'd be interested to know who is really behind that group. I'm very proud that the Massachusetts Citizens for Life, which is the premier right-to-life group in Massachusetts, awarded me their leadership award. My record in being pro-life is very clear as the governor of Massachusetts and my guess is...

Mike Huckabee is still supporting illegal immigration: So what happened to Tom Tancredo’s Iowa supporters after his ‘big announcement’ earlier this week? We know that the former-candidate threw his support behind Mitt Romney, but on Friday Tancredo’s Iowa state chairman Bill Salier announced that he was supporting Fred Thompson. And while riding through Muscatine on the Huckabus this week, Mike Huckabee was confronted by a very well informed former Tancredo staffer who argued with the Iowa frontrunner over the issue of immigration. Deb Miller described herself as “looking” for a candidate after her old boss dropped out of the race,...

Tom Tancredo may have gotten behind Mitt Romney yesterday, but the Tanc's top guy on the ground in Iowa will help out Fred. A retired Marine and active farmer, Bill Salier had served as Tancredo's Iowa state chair. He's a true believing social conservative who ran an uphill race in the '02 GOP Senate primrary that raised some eyebrows. In short: he's the sort of worker bee a campaign likes to have on its side. If Salier puts his shoulder to the wheel for Fred, he could be a major asset. M.E. Sprengelmeyer of the Rocky did a great profile...

Tom Tancredo’s presidential campaign is planning a “major announcement” tomorrow in Des Moines. PJM’s Richard Miniter thinks the Colorado congressman will likely drop out of the race and endorse Fred Thompson. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tancredo presidential campaign is planning a “major announcement” at 2 PM tomorrow in Des Moines. The flash media advisory is here. “Major announcement” is code phrase used by the campaigns and understood by the press to mean “dropping out of the race.” (Some candidates have been known to abuse this unwritten understanding to win some attention for what turns out to be some boring policy speech. It...

Arapahoe County businessman Wil Armstrong has filed to run for Congress, becoming the third Republican vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo. Armstrong is seeking the GOP nomination in the 6th Congressional District along the metro area's southern boundary. He faces Secretary of State Mike Coffman of Aurora, and state Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch. In addition, Sen. Steve Ward, R-Littleton, has indicated he might run in the primary. Armstrong, 40, of Greenwood Village, is the son of former U.S. Sen. Bill Armstrong. The candidate is the chief executive officer of Blueberry Systems, a software development and consulting firm. Tancredo,...

State Sen. Steve Ward will join the crowded field running for retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo's seat, he said in a phone interview Friday from Iraq. "I definitely want to be a candidate, certainly," Ward said from Fallujah, where he is serving as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. "I make no bones about that." The 20-year Marine's candidacy would throw a wrench into Secretary of State Mike Coffman's rationale for leaving his post to seek the office, against his party's wishes. Coffman, who served in the first Gulf War as well as in Iraq last year, has...

The former state election director is stunned at Republican hand-wringing over the possibility that a Democrat might take over as secretary of state. Republicans say they fear voter shenanigans and the possibility of loosened voter requirements if a Democrat oversees the office, which has been held by Republicans for decades. "It's political fear-mongering from a bunch of hysterical Henny Pennies," said Billy Compton, a Democrat who served as election director for two Republican secretaries of state. Republican Mike Coffman, who in January began his four-year stint as secretary of state, announced last week that he intends to run for Congress...

A Delta County commissioner whose roots in Colorado go back five generations wants to take on former Congressman Bob Schaffer for the GOP nomination to the U.S. Senate. Wayne Wolf, 56, acknowledged a "little David-and-Goliath kind of thing" in challenging a better-known and better-funded opponent. "The thing I like about that story is who won," Wolf said Monday. Wolf will make an announcement at noon Wednesday at the old Mesa County Courthouse in downtown Grand Junction. "I think people ought to have a choice," Wolf said, when asked why he was thinking of running against Schaffer. "I know it's a...